Soviets condemn U S satellite killer test in space
Soviet radio condemned the United States for testing an ASAT weapon describing it as a dangerous step toward deploying offensive weapons in space. The Pentagon reported the flawless test destroyed an old satellite after launch from an F-15 but drew criticism from lawmakers and space advocates worried about an arms race ahead of a Reagan Gorbachev summit.
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Washington
America
Radio Moscow
Pacific Ocean
Bernard P. Ran
ASAT
Air Force
Randolph
Firiday
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
United States
Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Howard Ris
Union of Concerned Scientists
George Brown
D-Calif
Ture
Pentagon
Fred Hoffman
Soviet Union
U.S
Edwards Air Force Bats
California
Botha critiques business leaders amid anti apartheid unrest
President P W Botha condemned white businessmen for meeting with black guerrillas saying they show signs of weakness to the enemies, as anti apartheid disturbances flare with rioters near five cities. A seven member business delegation met ANC leaders in Zambia's Luangwa Game Park, organized by Kenneth Kaunda, in hopes of starting peace efforts.
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South Africa
P.W. Botha
Cape Town
Athlone
Port Elizabeth
New Brighton
Zambia
Oliver Tambo
African National Congress
Botha
Beeld
Tambo
Luangwa
Lusaka
Kenneth Kaunda
Reagan aide signals acid rain action by White House
New England governors praised a shift from Reagan policy after Drew Lewis, the president's acid rain adviser, said he would urge the White House to admit the problem and start fixing it. He indicated a $1 billion plan as a first step, framing the move as breaking new ground in environmental policy.
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West Springfield
Mass
New England
White House
Drew Lewis
Connecticut
William A. O'Neill
Reagan
Brian Mulroney
Lewis
United States
William G. Davis
Canada
New Hampshire
John H. Sununu
William Ruckelshaus
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Nicaragua Honduras clash prompts border alert and protest
President Daniel Ortega said nicaraguan troops repulsed an attack by 800 rebels from Honduras and air strikes by Honduras. Honduras reported nicaraguan troops attacked its border, killing one soldier and wounding eight. A nicaraguan helicopter was shot down as relations tense over CIA backed rebels.
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Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Daniel Ortega
Honduras
Ortega
Tegucigalpa
el Paraiso
CIA
Military High Command
Roberto Suazo Cordova
Antonio Mazariegos Velasco
Isidro Tapia
Government blamed for inaction on AIDS crisis
Witnesses told a House subcommittee that the federal government failed to educate the public about AIDS, to fund drugs for treatment, or provide housing for victims. Victor Bender urged President Reagan to speak publicly, while others cited lack of evidence for casual transmission.
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New York
House
Subcommittee On Intergovernmental Relations
Victor Bender
Circle Lines
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Bender
Reagan
White House
Peter Roussel
Ailing convict to die free man in Seattle
Cancer stricken inmate Jim Scott, serving a 15 year burglary term, is granted mercy parole to be with his family and die outside prison. An Army helicopter was to fly him from Walla Walla to Virginia Mason Hospital, but weather delayed the flight. Scott, paralyzed from the waist down and heavily sedated, had resisted prison treatment and feared his soul would be locked in prison forever.
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Seattle
Jim Scott
State Penitentiary
Walla Walla
Virginia’-Mason Hospital
Walter Kautzky
Scott
Jerry Scott
Tacoma
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